Kevin Burke advises private equity sponsors, portfolio companies, and strategic acquirers on leveraged buyouts, add-on acquisitions, joint ventures, and other M&A transactions.

Kevin utilizes a commercially focused approach to guide clients spanning multiple industries and geographies through matters involving:

  • Leveraged buyouts
  • Minority investments
  • Add-on transactions
  • Equity structuring and recapitalizations
  • Full and partial exits and divestitures
  • Joint ventures

Kevin also regularly represents clients across industries, including digital infrastructure, leisure/hospitality, healthcare, digital marketing, business services, technology, retail, and energy.

Before joining Latham, Kevin led the US private equity practice of another global law firm and also has a background in finance.

Kevin’s experience prior to joining Latham includes advising:

Sponsor-Side Experience

  • KSL Capital Partners on:
    • Its US$1.5 billion take-private transaction of Intrawest and contemporaneous acquisition of Mammoth Resorts to form Alterra Mountain Company
    • Investing in Hai Hospitality, the owner and operator of the Uchi and Loro restaurant brands
    • Acquiring a majority interest in Sereno Hotels, the owner and operator of ultra-luxury hotels in Lake Como, Italy, and the island of St. Barthelemy
    • Partnering with Southern Marinas to acquire and operate a best-in-class portfolio of marinas across North America, and subsequent divestiture to funds affiliated with Stonepeak
    • Acquiring WellBiz Brands, a leader in health and wellness franchising
  • Alterra Mountain Company’s, a joint venture of KSL Capital Partners and Henry Crown and Company, acquisitions of:
    • Deer Valley Resort
    • Solitude Mountain Resort
    • Crystal Mountain
    • Sugarbush
    • Snow Valley
    • Schweitzer
    • Arapahoe Basin
    • Ski Butlers
    • Aspenware Technology
  • Mountaingate Capital on its recapitalization of Anteriad, a B2B marketing solutions provider, and subsequent acquisitions of True Influence, BNZSA, and Compass Marketing Solutions, and on its acquisition of Walker Sands
  • Latticework Capital Management on:
    • Athenix Body Sculpting Institute’s recapitalization, and subsequent recapitalizations of leading plastic surgery practices
    • Partnering with Institutes of Health, a leading multidisciplinary workers’ compensation treatment provider
    • Salt Dental Collective’s, a Latticework portfolio company, acquisition of multiple pediatric and orthodontic dental practices in the western US
  • KRG Capital Partners on its investments in and sales of:
    • Convergint Technologies
    • ATI Physical Therapy
    • Fort Dearborn Company

Digital Infrastructure Experience

  • H5 Data Centers on the formation of multiple joint ventures with Novacap, to develop, acquire, and operate data centers throughout North America
  • Vero Fiber Networks on its US$500 million investment by Hamilton Lane, Braemont Capital, and Delta-v Capital

Other Experience

  • 3M on its US$1 billion acquisition of the Polypore separations media business and on selling its Identity Management Business to Gemalto
  • Adswerve, a data and technology consultancy, on its strategic investment by Abry Partners, and on Adswerve’s subsequent acquisitions of Analytics Pros, Liquidbox, and Metric Partners
  • Laird Superfood on acquiring Picky Bars
  • MPLX on numerous joint venture projects to develop natural gas and NGL pipelines
  • OtterBox, the leading provider of protective solutions for mobile and handheld devices, on acquiring LifeProof
  • Royal Gold on numerous cross-border precious metal streaming and royalty transactions with an aggregate value exceeding US$2 billion

Bar Qualification

  • Colorado
  • New York

Education

  • JD, George Washington University Law School, 2006
    summa cum laude
  • BBA, University of Notre Dame, 1999